Is New Orleans still considered a major city

[minionofmidas]

Of course. The city's rebuilding. It will be very slow to wholly recover, but it wasn't "wiped out" or anything like it.

[minionofmidas]

Sure, it was still important culturally. So is Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Baltimore, Maryland might have been a more accurate comparison here.

[minionofmidas]

Sure, it was still important culturally. So is Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Baltimore, Maryland might have been a more accurate comparison here.

Nah... maybe Nashville.

Everybody knows Nashville... yet what is Nashville?

There are a good number of people in America that will go "Balti-wha?"  But everyone knows Nashville and New Orleans.

And both had rather unfortunate weather disasters (Nashville downtown tornado).

Nashville was never more important than it is today, though.

[minionofmidas]

Sure, it was still important culturally. So is Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Baltimore, Maryland might have been a more accurate comparison here.

Nah... maybe Nashville.

Everybody knows Nashville... yet what is Nashville?

There are a good number of people in America that will go "Balti-wha?"  But everyone knows Nashville and New Orleans.

And both had rather unfortunate weather disasters (Nashville downtown tornado).

Nashville was never more important than it is today, though.

Disagree. It was a transportation hub and supply center during the 19th century.

Ah, but it wasn't *more important* then that it is now. Not like Baltimore was once one of the US' four really big cities, along Boston, New York and Philly, and DC just a semi-rural backwater.
Nevermind New Orleans' former role as the US' Caribbean stronghold.

[minionofmidas]

It's sad that Galveston circa 1900 rebuilt faster then New Orleans circa '05.

Galveston had, at most, 5% of New Orleans' population pre-storm and it can hardly said to have rebuilt to anything like its relative importance for the state.

Also, after the storm, Galveston was still above sea level.

And those parts of New Orleans that had been above sea level before the storm were still above sea level after the storm.